Milton and Tolerance



Rescheduled: Mentoring Session (ALC Graduate School Careers Week)

Rescheduled: Mentoring Session (ALC Graduate School Careers Week)
Mansfield Cooper, Room 2.05 Graduate School Common Room
Tuesday 23rd April 2013, 10am

Please note the new time for this session.

Come along to find out how a mentor can support you through your academic studies, career planning and decision making.  We will look at schemes available through the University of Manchester and also informal opportunities for you to find a mentor.

Timothy Marcellino

Staff in the Division of English, American Studies and Creative Writing wish to express their condolences to the family and friends of Timothy Marcellino (formerly Timothy Thompson), who died recently. Timothy commenced his studies in English and American Studies (as it then was), in 2008-09. Though he was unable to complete his degree, he is remembered by his friends from the 2010-11 cohort. Our thoughts are with his family.

An obituary for Tim can be found here: http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-tim-marcellino-writer-and-artist-1-2903655

Alumni Events

Alumni Panel Event 25^th April 4pm Graduate School Training Room

Are you considering a PG course in Arts, Languages and Cultures? Come along to this event to hear from and put your questions to industry experts who all studied a postgraduate course at Manchester. Hear about their career progression, how they came to do what they do, and their advice to you.

This event will be directly followed by a “How to network” session by the Careers Service, and a networking event with other PG alumni guests.

Where will your PG course take you?

Confirmed panellists:

Ann Bukantas
Head of Fine Art National Museums Liverpool
Dip Art Gallery and Museum Studies 1985

Sandra Duncan
Chief Executive at Netherton Feelgood Factory
BA(Hons) Theology and Religious Studies 1982, MPhil Theology 1991, PhD History 1998,

Colin Burke

MA History of North West England 2009

Corporate Recovery Specialist, Milner Boardman & Partners

Alumni Networking Event 25^th April 6pm Graduate School Training Room and Graduate School Common Room

Networking. Many people dread the idea, but it’s a great way to learn about possible career paths you may be interested in, meet people who inspire you, and pick up advice you may have never considered.

Come along to a session on how to network and top tips, run by the Careers Service at 6pm, which will be followed by a networking event with PG Arts, Languages and Cultures alumni at 6.30pm.

Who knows what you’ll find out!

MA courses and careers - session for L3 students

Wondering about an MA course? Wondering how it might help your career?

There will be a session on PGT Study and Careers for L3 students

Graduate School Common Room, Mansfield Cooper 2.05, 2-3, 23rd April

Be a Student Ambassador

**Now recruiting: SRID Student Ambassadors for the academic year 2013-14**

The Undergraduate Recruitment and Widening Participation Team are currently taking applications for the role of SRID Student Ambassador for the academic year 2013-14. The Undergraduate Recruitment and Widening Participation Team run a comprehensive and exciting programme of activities for prospective students and their key influencers. We work with primary, secondary and further education students as well as teachers, careers advisers and parents. Our aims are to:

• promote opportunities for progression to higher education generally, wherever that might be;
• identify and attract talented students to Manchester from all educational backgrounds.

Student Ambassadors are vital to the work of the team, as they support almost all of our events and activities and work as positive role models for the young people we work with. If you are passionate about The University of Manchester, Higher Education, your chosen subject area, or even better, all three, then we'd like to hear from you! More information about us and the sorts of work we do can be found on the following web-pages: www.manchester.ac.uk/schoolsandcolleges 

Becoming a SRID student ambassador allows you to apply for a wide variety of paid work opportunities (£6.94 per hour as standard) with casual hours available throughout the year. Becoming an Ambassador with us is a great opportunity to enhance your skills and employability, meet new people, make new friends and earn some money!

For further information or to find out how to make an application for the role, please email: ambassadors@manchester.ac.uk

The application deadline is April 19th. 

Manchester Teaching Awards & Union Awards

This week the Manchester Teaching Awards have been launched in partnership between the Students’ Union and the University. Now in their second year, these awards give students the opportunity to celebrate inspirational teaching and outstanding support from University staff.

Staff can be nominated in the following categories:

-          Best Lecturer

-          Most Innovative Lecturer

-          Most Accessible Lecturer

-          Best “Postgraduate that Teaches”

-          Best Personal/Academic advisor

-          Best Support Staff Member/Team

So there are loads of opportunities for staff in your department to gain recognition.

Further information and details on how to apply can be found at:

http://manchesterstudentsunion.com/teachingawards

In addition, this week the Union Awards have also been launched. There are a number of categories for students to be recognised in, including volunteering, fundraising and campaigning. There is also a category for ‘Rep of the Year’ which recognises the work of an outstanding rep from each Faculty.

Further information and details on how to apply can be found here http://manchesterstudentsunion.com/unionawards